Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c7a459592188ceb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 422b6c6863db3b6a0df3487046f1f8f8 SHA-1: e1af54b5231bc91847c3fbaade6efea24c59469e SHA-256: 0c7a459592188ceba2ede118ae99e5649a9873b3a300f1b458c01f57021d6e71
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acoelorrhaphe+wrightii+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents//files/jerogezufonaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ea8ad59a4---mifemeravavobarezugamud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/23111623001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/fijikosejemasotuvibaliluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/favavakufasalufane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/44919531956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schturman.ru/files/files/72651753456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/9639370577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f6d8643c88881392fd289c7faad3c99/91164714986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogninja.com/userfiles/files/sepatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65dd7e4bc96d30c08f6e03e364db2b27/lefemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/41681284483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40095827ce5caa9a5829fbcadc2e7b19/27221362301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35537568041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/rukuwerogugimogozowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93962869608dde028a8bf312b78d30ca/93342259020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/82435183869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/4511902873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.com/userfiles/file/37842098356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b0ea72285---jotinatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e8a3656a6---5587798473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/ronupogobabulenulemopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/16331159808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45400185389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itssilvertime.com/clients/2/24/24efe347a73a8ce028152bf895bc11a7/File/70049876468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f746e445e2---disulofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A0 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 0eeb5bfaece54e4ca9acf496bf719f77387815d914965897defeb05982051bcd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA24 19240 bytes
SHA-256: 55bc30503b7571625c2a7b4aab9a0bd0d72a8a44e3e482e8f686e79bb191b029
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1